Dollar Spot Easter Basket!

Cheap Easter Basket

I love Easter. And I love any Holiday that requires me to gift my kids something because I love any excuse to surprise them and see their smiling faces. 

BUT I don't love spending a TON of money on things that I know will most likely end up in the trash, or make them bratty.

Yes, while I enjoy to buy things for them, and gift things, I also feel that sometimes as parents, we tend to overdo it. Every Easter I am temped to buy a HUGE Easter Basket from Costco or any other store selling them. 

I often see all the posts of people spoiling their kids with outrageous gifts. And while, I have fallen into that trap before, I have decided that Easter is a special time to reflect upon our Saviour's resurrection and not about "things."

And I'm not judging, I just decided that this is one Holiday to take it easy on the gifts. Still, I want to to make it special, so this year I decided to make my Easter Baskets. 

This is Olivia's basket (obvs.) its easy to start with her since she is still into the bunny ears and bubbles. Matthew's I'm currently working on, since he's a pre teen now, he usually likes more grown up stuff  :( (sad face) but I won't break the bank with his stuff either! I will post his when done!

Back to this basket. 

I went to Target and looked at the Dollar Spot for some goodies, and this is what I got: 

-Cardbord basket

-bunny ears, 

-carrot bubbles (2 for $1)

-Bird House project

-Pencils

Thats it. 

I figure I could dress up the basket and make it pretty! 

I painted the basket, added some tissue and glued in the shape of a flower, some paper doilies, and more stickers I had on hand.

That's that! I spent $6.50 on the entire thing, and the decor of the basket was again, stuff I had on hand. 

I think Olivia will like it, and it didn't break my bank. Also, I think she will feel special. 

What do you think? Have you gone to the Dollar Spot yet?

Jazmin

Feliz Cumpleanos Ma!

Last week was my mom birthday, and she was wanting some goodies! One of those goodies ended up being the Doterra Essential Oils trio. A few weeks back I hosted a demo night and she really wanted to purchase them, but she just didn't have it her budget, so I decided to surprise her with some of the sample size oils. 

Of course, I had to wrap them pretty for her, even if she never really cares about the wrapping. I just like doing it for special gifts. 

I gave her the oils and she seemed to like them!

My sister kept the wrapping.

It was a success.

Jazmin

Halloween!

Halloween Decor 2013

There are two things I really enjoy in life. 

1) Chocolate. ANY KIND.

2)Decorating for the Holidays! 

I love to decorate for the Holidays, and Halloween is my favorite Holiday to decorate for! I mean, what holiday lets you just go crazy and put scary stuff out in your house?! 

This year, I got lucky, because while at CHA I was given some seriously gorgeous paper by Teresa Collins (she's a designer) and she came out with a gorgeous Halloween line called 'Masquerade Party'. I took as much paper as I could from that line, and implemented it, into this years decor!

This year, I didn't buy a thing! (YEY!) I finally accumulated enough Halloween stuff to open my own Haunted house! I got the little raven birds at the dollar store one year, and the big ravens at Hobby Lobby with 50% off coupons. I really like the birds for Halloween. They seem so creepy! 

I got this "birdcage" thing at Big Lots last year, and I interchange scrapbook paper depending on the season. I use it a lot! and it was like $10 dls! Also, this frame that says Halloween, was a dollar store frame, and I just put Teresa Collins 'Masquerade party' chipboard letters and chipboard frame over the frame. I embossed a piece of white cardstock with Teresa's 'In Time' folder and my eBosser and made for a cute Halloween fixture!

I really love my eBosser!! and that 'In time' embossing folder has been getting a ton of use!

Got this 'Boo' sign at Michael's one year, and those lab tubes at Marshalls.

 Used all of Teresa 's paper and embossed it with my eBosser, then just hole punched the paper and hung it. 

Love my birds and tombstones! Those are at the dollar store and Michaels!

Jazmin

Sometimes I like to Craft

I made this card for my friends Tasha's bday. I'm obsessed with the honeycomb pattern, and I wanted to make a card using it, so when we decided to out to dinner for her bday, I knew I wanted to make a cute card, and add something extra special with the honeycomb pattern. 

While I was making the card, I realized how much fun it is to make a card for a friend or someone in mind. I usually craft for work, as they require me to send projects for HSN appearances or whatever, that I had forgotten that this is why I love crafting! It was so much fun to make! And it came easy to me, unlike when I feel pressured! 

Here are some of the pictures of the card. I think it turned out cute!

Jazmin

xoxo